Kiefer Sutherland To Serve 48 Days In Jail
Posted October 10, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Kiefer Sutherland is going to jail. The 40-year-old actor pleaded no contest Tuesday to drunk driving charges and will serve 48 days behind bars.
The star of the hit show “24” agreed to serve 30 days for driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 per cent, plus another 18 days for violating his probation for a 2004 drunken driving case, according to court records.
“I’m very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I’m deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers on `24′ and at 20th Century Fox,” Sutherland said in a statement.
The actor will officially be sentenced Dec. 21, when he has to begin serving the 18 days in the county jail. It’s the same day his show begins its winter production break. Fox officials said his sentence won’t get in the way of production.
Sutherland will have until July 1, 2008, to serve the remaining 30 days. He’ll be on probation for five years and faces fines and a driving suspension.
Kiefer Sutherland arrives at the FOX Fall Eco-Casino party held at Area on September 24, 2007 in Los Angeles. (Photo Courtesy Getty Images/Kevin Winter)
